CANES CHATTER
• UM’s compliance office scuttled Michael Irvin’s proposed workouts with Tommy Streeter and Travis Benjamin (who timed this week as two of UM’s five fastest players) because of concern the NCAA might disapprove. “They can be great receivers and I’ve told both of them that,” said Al Golden, who is determined to extract their full potential. “What we’re trying to get them to is having the mental toughness to play at a high level every play. A drop is going to occur once in a while, but you want to get to the point where that’s not a factor.”
Golden challenged Streeter to improve his burst off the line. “The expectations were so high for Streeter coming in, I don’t know if he’ll ever match those,” Golden said. “But I look at him now and say, ‘Wait a minute, this guy has two years left and he really has made a lot of progress.’” Ex-Cane Ryan Hill said players thought Streeter and Kendal Thompkins should have played a lot more under Randy Shannon.

• Jacory Harris tells us he benefited a lot from attending Peyton Manning’s quarterback camp this month; he said he got valuable tips from Peyton and Eli Manning as well as ESPN’s Jon Gruden, “who’s very intense, just like you see on TV.”

• Tight end Richard Gordon, working out with Canes players since being drafted by Oakland in April, said this UM team “is in a LOT better condition than last year’s.” This is what happens, Gordon said, “when you have a coach who pays more attention, like Al Golden does” and instills “lot more discipline.”
Gordon said players were ordered to run half the field and back 20 times (or 40 overall) one day this month, and those who couldn’t do it in the allotted time had to keep trying on subsequent days. “Conditioning has gone through the roof,” said Antrel Rolle, who has been studying game tape with Vaughn Telemaque, offering pointers. “Best conditioning [for a UM team] in a long time,” Willis McGahee said Thursday.

• Gordon said Marcus Forston (knee surgery) and Asante Cleveland (right arm) are back healthy and working out. “Asante will be the team’s best tight end,” he said. “ Blake Ayles is the hardest worker.” But Clive Walford has a legitimate chance to win the starting job.

• Two players said cornerback Brandon McGee – from whom coaches want more consistency – timed out as UM’s fastest player this week (4.29 in the 40), edging Lamar Miller… Players say freshman linebackers Denzel Perryman and Gionni Paul have impressed in summer workouts… ESPN, which Thursday announced it will air behind-the-scenes camp specials with Oklahoma, also remains in talks about doing a UM special on ESPNU… Three more transferring Canes found homes: Travis Williams (Hampton), Andrew Tallman(Richmond) and Devont’a Davis (Youngstown State).

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Yo Madness.. I know your groupie a.ss is gonna be in this thread soon so... Like the honorable man I am..

I'm just in here to let you know that this avy I have sported for a year is now over. A new season is on the horizon and since I was man enough to tell you face to face I have no doubt in my mind that you will respect this decision. Plus, I honored the bet long enough :)